Deejay Rodney "Bounty Killer" Pryce vents his anger at Prime Minister P J Patterson and Acting Deputy Superintendent of Police Cornwall "Bigga" Ford with a slew of expletives outside the Spanish Town court house shortly after he was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for using indecent language at a stage show last month. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

MINUTES after being sentenced to do 240 hours of community service for using indecent language at a stage show, belligerent deejay, Rodney "Bounty Killer" Pryce unleashed a slew of expletives in a scathing attack on Prime Minister P J Patterson and Acting Deputy Superintendent of Police Cornwall "Bigga" Ford.

Pryce, in an obvious statement of contempt for the law, delivered his tirade outside the courthouse in full view and earshot of at least six heavily armed policemen who just stood by, watched and listened.

"Bigga Ford and de prime minister a play b...o c....t palitics wid me. A because me play a West Kingston man session why de p...y c...t man dem de pon me, but dem caan mek me stap, for a nuh fe dem b...o c...t mouth. Me naw go stap, mek dem b...o c...t go wey," the deejay told a crowd supporters who had gathered around his car.

Pryce was among a number of deejays who were charged by the police with breaching the Town and Country Act by using abusive, indecent and calumnious language at the Champions in Action show on August 18 at Fort Clarence Beach in St Catherine.

Female deejay, Marion "Lady Saw" Hall, who was among those charged, was also in court yesterday. But, after receiving a sentence similar to that given to Pryce, she left without comment.

Pryce also vowed before his supporters never to perform in Jamaica again. Said he: "Me perform a b...o c...t farin widout problem. Unno we hear, for me a go write bout it."

Earlier, a revivalist woman, Salome Williams, turned up at the court, apparently in support of Keith "Anthony B" Blair, another of the deejays who was charged after the Champions in Action show. Blair was freed of the charge yesterday.

However, Williams, who insisted on chanting and marching up and down the street in front of the courthouse, waving flags with both her hands, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and assaulting the police.

Police had initially told Williams to leave the area after a number of cars stopped to avoid hitting her while she danced in the street. It was while waving her flags that one struck a policeman who warned her to be careful. But the crowd, apparently hungry for a brawl, rushed the cop and he backed off. Williams was still chanting and marching in the road when she was arrested.

Meanwhile, Rastafarian politician, Ras Astor Black, who had said he would lead a public march on the Spanish Town courthouse yesterday to protest against the police action against the deejays, arrived alone.

When asked why his appeal attracted no support at all, Black said there was no organised planning. "I just invited all civic-minded brethren and sisters to voluntarily join me and demonstrate against this double standard thing," he said

Commenting on the sentence handed down on Pryce and Hall, Black said he was happy with it. "I am satisfied with the sentence handed down because I think it is very light."

According to him, entertainers will now understand what the law requires of them.

He said that all entertainers will co-operate and assist Pryce and Hall to do their community sentence. He also called on the government to set up workshops throughout the island to educate entertainers on their choice of words and stage behaviour.

"People have been using bad words on stage for many years and no action has been taken against them, so I can't understand why now," Black said.

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